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Cedar Rapids Gazette in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

22 Dec 1939

Page 17

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Cedar Rapids Gazette

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Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 22, 1939

Page

17

Christmas sales surge 10 percent above 1938 levels

A United Press survey indicates Christmas spending rose 5 to 15 percent nationwide, with some areas 20 percent higher. Warmer weather boosted shopping. futures of 1937 volume projected. Strong gains across regions, with practical gifts leading and piano toys rising in demand. Chicago reports phonographs and records especially strong.

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Chicago United Press Department of Commerce New York Yale Connecticut Boston Philadelphia Deep South Colorado Nevada Arizona America Des Moines St. Louis
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Y M Pioneer Boys to Sell Health Buttons Saturday

Y M C A Pioneers will run a health button sale Saturday in Cedar Rapids to raise funds for Public Health Nursing association tuberculosis efforts. Buttons cost 10 cents with rewards including a health diary and Junior Iowa Tuberculosis association certificate. higher sales earn a cross pin. Remittances for the seals go to John M. Ely at 414 Cedar Rapids Savings Bank Building.

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Y M. C. A. Pioneers Cedar Rapids Harry Hansen Public Health Nursing Association Iowa Tuberculosis Association John M. Ely Cedar Rapids Savings Bank
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Measles Epidemic Threatens Christmas in Point Barrow

An Arctic trading center faces quarantine as measles outbreak halts Christmas gathering of the small white community. Every home is under quarantine to halt the spread.

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Point Barrow Alaska Arctic Trading Center
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